Chicana traditions : continuity and change / edited by Norma E. Cantú and Olga Nájera-Ramírez.

Other author Cantú, Norma E., 1947-
Other author Nájera-Ramírez, Olga.
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2002.
Description269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Mexican American women--Social life and customs.
Mexican American women--Intellectual life.
Mexican American arts.
Mexican American women--Folklore.
Feminism--United States.

Contents Chicana life-cycle rituals / Norma E. Cantú -- Art of the santera / Helen R. Lucero -- The indita genre of New Mexico : gender and cultural identification / Brenda M. Romero -- Danger! children at play : patriarchal ideology and the construction of gender in Spanish-language Hispanic/Chicano children's songs and games / María Herrera-Sobek -- Caminando con la llorona : traditional and contemporary narratives / Domino Renee Pérez -- Indianizing Catholicism : Chicana/India/Mexicana indigenous spiritual practices in our image / Yolanda Broyles-González -- Las que menos quería el niño : women of the Fidencista movement / Cynthia L. Vidaurri -- Transgressing the taboo : a Chicana's voice in the mariachi world / Leonor Xóchitl Pérez -- Meeting la cantante through verse, song, and performance / Cándida F. Jáquez -- Ranchera music(s) and the legendary Lydia Mendoza : performing social location and relations / Yolanda Broyles-González -- Mounting traditions : the origin and evolution of la escaramuza charra / Olga Nájera-Ramírez -- Cruzando frontejas : remapping Selena's Tejano music "crossover" / Deborah R. Vargas -- Goldie Garcia : la reina de South Broadway y rasquache / Tey Marianna Nunn.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index.
LCCN 2001002644
ISBN0252027019 (alk. paper)
ISBN0252070127 (paper : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E184.M5 C4 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold